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Recipe: Sweet Potato Fries

I used to make oven fries from white potatoes a ton when I was single. John isn’t a huge white potato fan so I don’t make them that often anymore. Plus, mashed potatoes are in high demand if I’m making potatoes at all at home. However we were trying to find a nice side dish for burgers last week and John suggested sweet potato fries. I hit the interweb and put this little recipe together. These came out delicious!

I ground up my fennel seed, coriander, and red pepper flake in my mortar and pestle. When the spice mixture was all ground up and homogeneous looking I mixed in the salt and oregano.

I leave the the skins on my sweet potatoes, I think the flavor and crunch is better with them on. If you leave them on make sure to scrub them really good.

After their bath I halved all the potatoes then cut into uniform slices. Similarly sized pieces will ensure an even cooking time which is key here. Next I coated all the slices with EVOO. Once each piece was coated with oil I sprinkled on the brown sugar and then the spice mixture, and mixed until every piece was coated evenly.

I baked my fries on a wire rack on top of a baking sheet. This ensures 360 degrees of even cooking.

Bake on 400 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on how crispy you like them.

Enjoy alone or as a side dish. We had ours with delicious turkey burgers!